EGAVE

pressing

About 10.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Needing urgent attention.
  2. adjective Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
  3. noun The application of pressure by a press or other means.
  4. noun A metal or plastic part made with a press.
  5. noun The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
  6. noun A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
  7. noun The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
  8. noun A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.

Similar words

urgent pressure imperative exigent exigency urgently insistent demanding overwhelming challenging

Often followed by

the for on need her a his and problems

Word family

pressingly

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